Peruvian agro-exports reached US$ 9.807 billion in 2022, a figure 12.3 percent higher than the figure signed up the previous year, the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Tourism (Mincetur) reported the other day, Monday.This achievement, which suggested a new record for the sector, was mainly due to the increase in deliveries of items such as coffee, blueberries, and grapes, among others, the portfolio said in a declaration thinking about the Monthly Trade Report.It defined that fruit exports grew by 4 percent in 2015, representing 51 percent of total domestic agricultural shipments.Peruvian agriculture.
(Photo internet reproduction)Sales of blueberries reached US$ 1.401 billion, representing a 14.9 percent growth; grapes caught US$ 1.362 billion, an 8.9 percent increase, and mandarins accomplished US$ 251 million, 4.9 percent more than in 2021.
Meanwhile, lemon shipments increased 34.7 percent compared to 2021, totaling US$ 65 million.
The growth in exports of these items offset lower avocado (avocado) sales, impacted in 2022 by low costs, the Peruvian portfolio specified.Mincetur included that vegetable sales increased by 5.5 percent.It kept in mind that between January and December 2022, deliveries of chili peppers and peppers totaled US$ 319 million (11.1 percent more compared to 2021), artichoke reached US$ 157 million (up 3.8 percent), and onion, US$ 106 million (up 5 percent).
It explained that greater sales of these products balanced out lower sales of asparagus, which was up to US$ 508 million, representing a drop of 5.3 percent.The portfolio mentioned that the United States was amongst the main agro-export locations, with 35 percent of overall shipments.The products highlighted were grapes, avocados, asparagus, and fresh onions.The European Union followed it with 28 percent of agricultural product shipments, which allowed Peru to capture US$ 2,776 million from that region, an increase of 5.7 percent compared to 2021.
Ecuador, meanwhile, is the third leading location of Peruvian exports in this location and, for that reason, the first in Latin America.It occupies 4 percent of the total and, at the end of the year, totaled US$ 437 million (52 percent more compared to what was acquired in 2021).
According to the head of Mincetur, Luis Helguero, Peru continues its worldwide development in this method, as it has handled to position its agricultural items in 133 markets worldwide.He defined that last year more than 2,700 Peruvian exporters registered agricultural sales.
Fifty-seven percent of our exports in this area go to the nations of our continent, 33 percent are sent to Europe, and 10 percent reach Asia, stated Helguero.